Altenew • A Year In Review Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to Altenew A Year In Review Blog Hop! Our design team and amazing guest designers sharing the best creations we made using Altenew supplies. You may saw them before, but still isn’t it a great way to look back one more time at the year coming to its end before going forward?You probably came from Laura Bassen blog. If not – you may consider starting from the beginning at Altenew blog and see what other members of Altenew’s design team and guest designers sharing (and also you have a chance to win fun prizes).

I should admit it was hard for me to choose only four cards. I’m very critical to myself and dislike a lot of cards I make. But apparently when it comes to ones made using Altenew supplies – I like much more cards then usual. I should thank to amazing and unique Altenew designs. It’s hard to make something bad using them 🙂

GOUACHE MAGNOLIAS

And the last card I want to share today is definitely is not least. I think it’s the best card I ever made. To be honest I cannot believe I was able to make it, and I think I will never make anything better. I made it back in July, when decided to finally open gouache paint I had bought a couple years before. Of course stunning Magnolias For Her set plays not the last role in this card.Cut out of Altenew Pale Gray cardstock panel was inked with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and then slightly sprayed the panel with water using Distress Sprayer.Using Ranger Super Fine Silver Embossing Powder a couple of big flowers, several buds and loose petals were embossed onto a Neenah Solar White cardstock and then cut out using scissors. The big magnolias were colored with gouache paint. Floral cluster was mounted to the panel, partially adhered flat and some parts got dimension by using clear dimensional glue dots.The sentiment was stamped onto a white stripe of cardstock using gray ink and foam mounted to the panel. Which then was adhered to a white card base. Finally I added several marshmallow sequins and put some dots using a white pen.

By the way, here is a picture that inspired me for this card. It was on a wall on one of train stations, which I passing by everyday. I saw it while a train was stopping there and it caught my eye right away. I liked the color scheme of this card. Uneven gray background with white and red focal point. I remember rapidly taking picture on my phone before train moved, so I could remember the name of the show and google this picture later.

PRIZES

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. You have until Wednesday, January 4th at 11:59 PM ET to enter, and the winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Friday, January 6th.

I will also randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be $15 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by Wednesday, January 4th at 11:59 PM ET for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here in this post on Thursday, January 5th. And I will mail one of my favorite cards I made for Altenew to the winner as well 🙂

WINNER

The winner of $15 Gift Certificate is Jenny colacicco. Congratulations!

Please e-mail winner@altenew.com to claim your prize. I will also be e-mailing you to find out your mailing address and send you one of my cards.

SPECIAL OFFER

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SUPPLIES

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204 Comments

Pam

December 28, 2016

This blog hop is so fun, I enjoy looking at everyone’s favorites! I am in love with your pink with the wild hibiscus. So many great ideas on it, love the gold embossing under the flowers and the gold mirror on the edges. Touches of elegance! Thanks for sharing!

Carol Didier

December 28, 2016

I agree! The final card with the vibrant magnolias is absolutely the most stunning card I’ve ever seen! Fabulous! The other three are also lovely… Thanks so much for your amazing inspiration. You and Altenew were obviously made for each other.

Michele F

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carol

December 28, 2016

You’ve designed incredibly gorgeous cards this year; how wonderful to see some of your favorites reviewed. The magnolia cards, especially, catches my eye and how cool is the image that sparked your inspiration! Spending time at your blog has been a highlight for me in 2016; looking forward to more visits and inspiration in 2017. Receiving a card from you would be marvelous!
~carol

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Debra Henderson

December 28, 2016

I just love your designs. I do a lot of crafts, but card making is difficult for me because of the layering, etc. I love your elegant designs because the inspire me to pull my paper and inks out. Thank you.

Cassandra Cauble

Debbie Hallamek

Teresa Doyle

December 28, 2016

Svitlana your cards are all so pretty. I especially like the red/gray card (inspired by your photo). You shouldn’t be so hard on yourself about your work (although I am sure MOST of us are, LOL) because it is beautiful!

Monika/buzsy

Donna Z

December 28, 2016

WOW so many absolutely stunning cards, hard to pick an overall favourite, they are just amazing! I love how a football poster inspired an amazingly gorgeous floral card. Thanks for sharing your creativeness with us during 2016. I look forward to seeing more of your creative genius in 2017. Have a lovely day. Cheers Donna Z 🙂

Jan C.

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Janelle H.

December 28, 2016

Lovely cards! I thought the pink flowers were my favorite, then I looked longer at your Magnolias. They are spring flowers, but with your deep, rich red coloring and muted setting, this looks very wintery. Love it!

Enna

December 29, 2016

The pink Mom card is still one of my faves that you created. I don’t remember seeing the red gouache magnolia card before, but now I want to dig out my own gouache that I purchased last year & never used! Your magnolias are so vivid! I also love the subtlety of the splatters in the hickory smoke in the background. Very pretty.

Betty J

Royleea love

December 29, 2016

I am totally over the moon excited for this blog hop I have totally been needing new ideas for my alter new stamps I bought 10 new packages a few months back and have been stumped on what type of new flower cards to make so this is absolutely amazing thank you so much for the beautiful inspiration!!!!!

Nana Griffin

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Carla Hundley

Mary Holshouser

December 29, 2016

Love the selection of different techniques.
I think vellum is a great paper to use on our
cards. I don’t usually care of pink but that
first card is wonderful.
thanks for sharing a selection of ideas.
Happy new Year

Sharon Mesdag

Linda Anderson

December 29, 2016

Very pretty cards. I’m guessing your mom is very important in your life ; very lovely in the society we live in today. Your cards must be a special blessing to her. Thank you for the reminder that inspiration can come from anywhere in our everyday life if we choose to see it! My favorite of your cards is the red one but they are all lovely!

Tammy B

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Cynthia Johnson

December 29, 2016

Your cards are all so beautiful! I love the vellum card and the way you stamped the outline on top and the beautiful colors underneath. But my favorite is the deep and rich color in that last thank you card. It is truly a work of art!

Teri W

Samantha Houp

Melissa Friedrich

December 30, 2016

Gorgeous cards, I love them all and your card design style is so elegant. I also love the last card best, that vibrant gouache paint and subtly distress inked background are perfect together. I am always wow’ed by each of your cards.

FeM

Carol Henderson

December 30, 2016

I agree, those magnolias are “the BOMB”. I’m not sure they look good enough to eat or if they belong as a wedding bouquet. I guess I’m babbling, which I do in real life when I am tongue-tied, which I definitely am right now.

Rose J

Jeannean M

December 30, 2016

Offset watercolor flowers (Bestest mom ever) and gouache magnolias are my favorite of your top cards!! They are both awesome and equally wonderful! I agree that Altenew has the best flowers! Thanks for all the inspiration!

Kitty T

December 30, 2016

Stop being so critical of yourself! You are amazing. Such a wide range of designs, I think you should give yourself more credit lady!
The Thank You gauche card is truly stunning. Grey with any cool color= magnificent.

Bev Karolak

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Gail Plaskiewicz

January 1, 2017

I am so loving this blog hop! I am getting tons of ideas for cards and I’m liking all the flowers. I love flowers and you did a beautiful job with all your cards. I love the sparkly embossed card. I love to emboss and didn’t do much of it this year. I also love the red card because it just pops. I can see how that football player poster inspired you. I want to win so bad! I really like those flowers1

Debbie A.

Louanne Collins

January 2, 2017

Love the stamping on vellum, the gold touches (who doesn’t love a little gold!), but that magnolia card is absolutely stunning! How that football picture inspired your beautiful card is a mystery to me, but you knocked it out of the park with that card. GORGEOUS!

Malina

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Kris in Alaska

Linda F

January 3, 2017

Svitlana, your cards are all so beautiful. But I have to agree that gorgeous velvet look magnolia is absolutely stunning. It is in my list of the top 10 most beautiful cards of 2016. The colours and composition are just amazing. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing if you can better it in 2017 – don’t give up I’m sure you can.

Berina

Naama E

January 3, 2017

Gorgeous cards! I love your color schemes, so I was really happy that you shared the poster that inspired your choices in the magnolias card – funny where you can get inspiration, right? 🙂 Thanks for always inspiring and wishing you a happy 2017!

Christy Q

January 3, 2017

Wow – your magnolia card is just breathtaking!!! Love how you got the inspiration to make the card too! My jaw hit the floor when I saw your card – so AMAZING!! Thank you for sharing it again via the hop as I missed it the first time you shared it as I am new to Altenew.